through the trials and tribulations of life and infertility

I have confidence in the Lord!

Thank you all for your messages of comfort with my last post. I really am blessed by the people that read this blog. And I must say God blesses me even more and I just want to share that with you. I received “bad news” on Tuesday, but I did not see it as bad news. I didn’t get upset or depressed or anything like that. Why? Because God is faithful and good. God has comforted me so much with messages of hope all week long, that I cannot doubt that all this will work out for good. I trust God completely.

That just shows you how much I have grown in the last few months. There were times when I was frantic with worry, where I tried to make plans of my own to try and control the outcome of my own, Shumi’s, my mom’s or anyone else’s health… Now I’m not even tempted to do that because I know they have been healed already. The price was paid in full about 2000 years ago. Nothing more can be done. I am just waiting for proof of that healing. I am waiting for God to complete the work He has started in us. And I am waiting in anticipation!

I want to share some scriptures with you that have encouraged me so far this week.

1 John 4:17 (Amp):“17In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.”

Hebrews 11:6 (Amp):“6But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].”

The message that I basically heard this week was: “never give up, be determined, keep strong in your faith and God will reward you for that.”

Now how can one get discouraged with that?

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My mom says her meeting with the new Radiologist (I think that is what he is called) went well, he thinks she might only have to get 10 or maybe 15 treatments and not 25 as the Oncologist suggested. It sounds like he has experience with this specific problem my mom has and she has a lot more confidence in this new doctor than the previous one. It also seems this doctor gets quite a lot of patients that switch from my mom’s previous doctor to him.

My mom will be monitored after a few treatments to see how she responds and the treatment will be adjusted accordingly. (Something that the other doctor never did) Obviously my mom is happy, because it seems better than originally suggested. Also she will begin with treatment soon, last time she had to wait about 2 months before they could fit her into their schedule, and with this doctor it won’t take so long. She has one appointment on Monday already to start the planning process and she will hopefully find out then when they will actually start with the treatments.

Last time my mom went for radiation she went from Monday to Friday for 5 consecutive weeks, and I think this time will be the same except it will hopefully only be 2 or 3 weeks.

I am not worried at all; I am confident all will go well and that God is in charge! Jesus holds the keys to death and I know he will not allow the devil to kill my mom, “G” or Shumi…

I feel your love through those faith statements and I a brother in Christ Jesus love you for that. stay extremely encouraged in the One who can do exceedingly more abundantly than we can even comprehend. Keep that good hope alive!!!